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They'll block Homeland Security funding until there are limits on immigration agents.

And despite pressure from President Trump, the Federal Reserve is holding interest rates steady.

as prices keep climbing and more people see layoffs.

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NPR congressional correspondent Claudia Grisadas has been following this and joins us now.

Good morning, Claudia.

Okay, so this same package passed with significant bipartisan support last week in the House, but then we saw the killing of Alex Preddy over the weekend in Minneapolis by federal agents.

So how did that change what we expect to happen in the Senate?

And it takes months to negotiate these bipartisan funding packages.

So is it even possible for them to pass those kinds of changes at this point?

Are there any other ways they could come to a solution without the risk of this partial shutdown?

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Police with riot gear confronted nearly 200 protesters on Wednesday in South Texas.

They were outside an ICE family detention center.

Yeah, Ramos is the little boy in that now iconic image wearing a bunny ear hat and being let off by immigration agents.

Now, Joey Palacios with Texas Public Radio was there covering that protest and joins us now.

Hey, Joey, what happened?

Now, Congressman Joaquin Castro from San Antonio toured the facility yesterday and met with Liam Ramos and his father.